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Series Editor's Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Till Death Do Us Part: The Grand Tour of Baltimore's Graveyard Greats / David Zang -- 2. Jockeying for Position: The Preakness Stakes, Pimlico, and Baltimore / Ari de Wilde -- 3. Black Knights and Engineers: The City-Poly Football Rivalry / Dean Bartoli Smith and Ted Patterson -- 4. "For a White Boy's Chance in the World": Joe Gans, Baltimore's Forgotten Fighter / William Gildea -- 5. On the Courts of Druid Hill: Lucy Diggs Slowe and the Rise of Organized Black Tennis / Amira Rose Davis -- 6. Sweat Equity: Physical Education at The Bryn Mawr School for Girls / Elizabeth M. Nix -- 7. "More Than a Century of Champions": Johns Hopkins University Lacrosse / Neil A. Grauer -- 8. The Bears of Baltimore: Morgan State University Intercollegiate Athletics / Jerry Bembry -- 9. The Team That Made Baltimore Proud: The Baltimore Bullets and the 1947-1948 Championship Season / Chris Elzey -- 10. Toots Barger: Queen of Duckpins / Stacy Karten -- 11. "The Best Ambassador Baltimore Ever Had": Art Donovan and the Colts / Michael Olesker -- 12. Sam Lacy and John Steadman: Empathy and a Conscience on the Sports Pages / Dennis Gildea -- 13. Baltimore's Bard of Baseball: Jim Bready Remembers the O's of Old / Rafael Alvarez -- 14. Black Sport and Baltimore: Spats, the Judge, and the Pearl / James Coates, Hannah Doban, and Nevon Kipperman -- 15. Orange and Black Forever: How a New Yorker Fell in Love with Earl Weaver's Baltimore Orioles / Lee Lowenfish -- 16. A Missed Opportunity: Baltimore's Failed Stadium Project, 1969-1974 / Richard Hardesty -- 17. The Greatest High School Basketball Team Ever: The Dunbar Poets, 1981-1982 and 1982-1983 / Chad Carlson -- 18. Baltimore Baseball Icons: The Babe, Mr. Oriole, the Iron Man, and the Forgotten Day / Daniel A. Nathan

19. The Ravens' Flight to Normalcy: How Winning Restored Baltimore's Football Culture / Charles Kupfer -- 20. A Phelpsian Triptych: Mountain, Machine, and Man / Dean Bartoli Smith -- Notes -- Contributors -- Index

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